Goto Section: 25.120 | 25.129 | Table of Contents
FCC 25.121
Revised as of October 1, 2014
Goto Year:2013 |
2015
§ 25.121 License term and renewals.
(a) License Term. (1) Except for licenses for DBS space stations, SDARS
space stations and terrestrial repeaters, and 17/24 GHz BSS space
stations licensed as broadcast facilities, licenses for facilities
governed by this part will be issued for a period of 15 years.
(2) Licenses for DBS space stations and 17/24 GHz BSS space stations
licensed as broadcast facilities, and for SDARS space stations and
terrestrial repeaters, will be issued for a period of 8 years. Licenses
for DBS space stations not licensed as broadcast facilities will be
issued for a period of 10 years.
(b) The Commission reserves the right to grant or renew station
licenses for less than 15 years if, in its judgment, the public
interest, convenience and necessity will be served by such action.
(c) For earth stations, the license term will be specified in the
instrument of authorization.
(d) Space stations. (1) For geostationary-orbit space stations, the
license term will begin at 3 a.m. Eastern Time on the date when the
licensee notifies the Commission pursuant to § 25.173(b) that the space
station has been successfully placed into orbit at its assigned orbital
location and that its operations conform to the terms and conditions of
the space station authorization.
(2) For non-geostationary orbit space stations, the license period will
begin at 3 a.m. Eastern Time on the date when the licensee notifies the
Commission pursuant to § 25.173(b) that operation of an initial space
station is compliant with the license terms and conditions and that the
space station has been placed in its authorized orbit. Operating
authority for all space stations subsequently brought into service
pursuant to the license will terminate upon its expiration.
(e) Renewal of licenses. Applications for renewals of earth station
licenses must be submitted on FCC Form 312R no earlier than 90 days,
and no later than 30 days, before the expiration date of the license.
Applications for space station system replacement authorization for
non-geostationary orbit satellites shall be filed no earlier than 90
days, and no later than 30 days, prior to the end of the twelfth year
of the existing license term.
[ 56 FR 24016 , May 28, 1991, as amended at 58 FR 68059 , Dec. 23, 1993;
59 FR 53327 , Oct. 21, 1994. Redesignated and amended at 62 FR 5928 ,
5929, Feb. 10, 1997; 65 FR 59142 , Oct. 4, 2000; 67 FR 12485 , Mar. 19,
2002; 67 FR 51113 , Aug. 7, 2002; 68 FR 51503 , Aug. 27, 2003; 68 FR 63999 , Nov. 12, 2003; 72 FR 50027 , Aug. 29, 2007; 75 FR 45067 , Aug. 2,
2010; 79 FR 8317 , Feb. 12, 2014]
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Goto Section: 25.120 | 25.129
Goto Year: 2013 |
2015
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